Quarantine Act.

This Act makes in part provision for measures for the prevention of introduction in Vanuatu of communicable diseases affecting animals. Section 2 and following concern a bill of health which shall declare the sanitary condition of ports of origin and other conditions for vessels to approach and enter ports of Vanuatu. Quarantine at sea of vessels or land quarantine may be applied in specified circumstances on order of the health officer. The health officer shall not permit the landing of any cattle from a vessel unless the bill of health of such vessel shows that no epizootic disease exists in the neighbourhood of the place of origin of such cattle, and such place of origin shall be attested by a certificate of origin. In the event of the outbreak of disease of an epidemic nature in any island of Vanuatu the Minister shall on the advice of the Director of Health declare such island to be in quarantine and such quarantine shall continue until the island is declared free from disease.